Display device



R. E. PAlGE 2,001 ,499v

May14, 1935.

DISPLAY DEVICE l Filed Dec. 4, 1934 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 INVENTOR.

/M i BY Mms 'f m1/ l i' ATTORNEYS.

Pstenied May 14, 1935 2,001,499.

UNITED STATES PATEN-T OFFICE mseLAY DEVICE Richard Eaton Paige, Flushing, N. Y.

Application December 4, 1934, Serial No. 755,859

13 Claims. (Cl. 40-126) The present invention relates to new and useful a portion of the easel or prop, the view being upon improvements in display devices, and more paran enlarged scale. ticularly it pertains to display devices in which The display devices illustrated in the present there are display elements in two planes, and embodiment of the invention consist of display commonly known in the trade as two plane" elements arranged in two planes, that is, one of 5 displays. the display elements is arranged to the rear of It is one of the objects of the present invention the other. For the sake of more clearly presentto provide a display device of novel form which ing the invention, throughout the specification may be collapsed into flat position for the purpose and the' claims the front display element will be of shipment and transportation and which, upon referred to as the main display element, the term 10 arrival at its destination, may be erected in dissecondary display element being applied to that play position. s display element positioned to the rear. Itl is to It is a further object of the invention to provide be understood, how ever, that the terms "main" a new and novel display device in which the and 'Ksecondary" are not used in a qualifying erecting operation is simple and may be readily sense and are merely used to distinguish one from 15 accomplished without the use of special tools or the other. devices. In that form of the invention illustrated in Such displays as above mentioned are usually Figures 1 to 7,^inclusive, the display device is supported by a prop, commonly termed in the supported in display position by an easel or prop, trade as an easel, and it is a further object of the known in the trade as of the two wing type, and 20 present invention so to construct the device that this prop is designated A in the drawings. It it may function together with the prop or easel comprises a main body portion |5 and is scored to retain the same in operative display supportas at IB to provide two rearwardly extending ing position. wings i'l. The main body portion IS is suitably 25 It is still a furtherobject of the invention so secured to the rear face of the main display eleto construct the device that it may be assembled, ment which is designated-B in the drawings. In erected and knocked down as often as desired the knocked down or collapsed position of the without impairing any of the parts thereof. device, the wings ll occupy a position in sub- With the above and other objects in view refstantially the same plane as the plane of the body erence will be had to the accompanying drawings, portion |5. In the set up position of the device 30 in which: the wings occupy the position in which they are Figure 1 is a view in perspective of a display shown in Figures 2 to 7, inclusive. device constructed in accordance with one form The main display element designated B may be of the present invention, t of any desired ornamental shape or conflgura- Figure 2 is a view in sideelevation thereof, tion such for example, as the picturization of a -35 Figure 3 is a view in rear elevation thereof, lady holding a box between her hands as em- Figure 4 is a Vertical longitudinal sectional view ployed in the accompanying drawings.

taken on the line 4-4 of Figure 3, The secondary display element which is desig- Figure 5 is a Vertical seetional view taken on nated C is so constructed and arranged that it the line 5 of Figure 2, may be circumfiexed in order to give a depth or 40 Figure 6 is a p1an view of one of the display thickness thereto when it is circumflexed and to elements employed, permit the same to lie flat when not circumflexed.

Figure 7 is a schematic view illustrating the This secondary display element may be 0011- manner in which the device of the form mus structed as above described by following the method set forth in my co-pending application, trated in Figures 1 to 6, may be erected, serial No 658 507 Figure 8 is a rear elevation of' a display device Wh en the secondary display element is circummustmtmg a snghtly modlfied mm of the mven" fiexed as above described, a certain tension is wm' produced therein and in the present embodiment w Figure 9 is a Vertical Sectional View taken sub' of the invention I utilize this tension to advan- 50 4 Stanfllly 0D the line 9;-9 Of F180 3' ta'ge in a manner which win be heremafter` ex- Figure 10 is an enlarged fragmentary detail plained sectional view taken substantially on the line The secondary display element consists of a,

lfl-III of Figure 9, and main body portion 20 'which may be scored along Figure 11 is a fragmentary perspective view of the line 2| and may have an ornamental section such as 22. This main body portion is cut out along the lines designated 23, 24, and 25 to provide an opening which is adapted to straddle or embrace the two wing prop when the same is in its erected or supporting position. Tongues such as 26 provided with shoulders 21, are pro- -vided for interlocking engagement with the wings of the prop A to aid in maintaining the prop in supporting position.

The wings i'l of the prop A in this form of the invention have their upper ends notched as at 30, and these notches are adapted to receive the end wall 3| of the cut out portion of the secondary display element when the device is to be assembled and the wings l'l are also provided with Aslots. 32 in which the tongues 26 are adapted to tor as illustrated in Figure 7 and placed over the prop with the cut outl portion of the secondary display element straddling or embracing the prop. The end wall 3| of the cut out portion is positioned in the notches 30, heretofore mentioned, after which the hooks 26 are brought towards each other and engaged in the slots 32.

When the hooks 26 are brought towards each other, the secondary display element C will be circumfiexed and will fold upon' the score line 2 I, heretofore mentioned, to assume a dished or substantially conical formation having a flange such as D defining its outer peripheral edge. This circumfiexion of the secondary display element produces a tension therein and this tension tends to pull the wings I'l of the prop outwardly. The

vwings ll of the prop are, however, prevented from pulling outwardly since under the tension exerted by the circumflexed secondary display element they are pulled into engagement with the side walls of the cut out portion which serve i as stops to prevent them spreading to a point where they would not supportboth of the display elements in their assembled position.

' As commonly constructed in the art, these two Wing props employ a lock to hold them in theirv erected or set up position, but it is obvious that by the construction afore-.described this lock may be entirely dispensed with, the prop being held in its erected position by the tension produced by circumfiexion of the secondary display element and its limitation of movement by engagement with the side walls of the cut out portion of said secondarydisplay element.

To collapse the device it is only necessary to lift the hooks 26 out of engagement with the slots 32, thus releasing the ttension of the circumflexed secondary display element, and lift the same out of engagement with the notches 30, whereupon the wings I'l of 'the prop are free to move flat against the rear face of the main display element, and the device is disassembled.

In Figures 8 to 11 of the accompanying drawings I have illustrated a modified form of the invention in which the prop is of the type known in the trade as a single wing easel or prop. In this'form of the invention the prop comprises a body portion 40 scored along the line 4| to provide a wing 42, and it is secured to the main display element in any desired manner by fastening of the body portion I! directly to the rear face of said main display element. I

The main display element is designated B, the secondary element being designated C, as in the heretofore .described form, and these two display elements are substantially the same in construction as those described in connection with the heretofore described form of the invention.

`In that form of the invention illustrated in Figures 8 to 11, however, the main display element and the secondary display element are perma-` nently attached together and 7I prefer to accomplish this by utilizing a portion of the material cut from the secondary display element to pro-.

vide the cut out portion which straddles the easel or prop. This portion is designated 43 in the drawings and is bent upon the line 44 which forms the inner end of the cut out portion and upon the line 45 to provide an upstanding portion 46 which is secured to the rear face of the main display element B. In this form of the invention, the secondary display element has the interlocking hooks 26 but they are utilized in a slightly different manner as will now be described.

When the supporting easel or prop is in its supporting position, the wing 42 thereof occupies a position at substantially right angles to the main body portion 40 thereof, and is maintained in this position by a member 46 which is bent down into engagement with the Wing 42 along the line 49, and which is known in this type of device as the easel lock. In carrying out .my invention, I provide this easel lock with a slot 50 which, when the device is in its erected position, receives the tongues 26 of the secondary display device after the same has been circumfiexed as heretofore described, and the tension produced by circumflexion of the secondary display device will serve to hold these looking tongues in locking engagement with the slot 50 and maintain the device in its erected position.

When it is desired to collapse the device it is only necessary to disengage the hooked ends 26 with the slot 50 whereupon the looking member 48 can be moved out of engagement with the wing 42 of the easel or prop and all of the several parts folded flat against the rear face of the main display element.

From the foregoing it will be apparent that the present invention 'provides a new and novel display device which is relatively cheap of manufacture and simple and easy of erection and which may be as easily colland, and when collapsed will occupy a relatively flat position, thus greatly facilitating shipping and transportation thereof.

The invention has been disclosed .in its preferred forms. It is to be understood, however, that it is not to be limited to the construction shown and that it may be constructed in other forms without departing from the spirit of the invention. This latter is particularly true with respect to the secondary display device since it is obvious that it may be made in other forms than the circular forms in which lt is shown and that I desire to cover any shape of secondary display element which is capable of circumflexion to produce tension therein, which tension is capable of utilization in the manner hereinV described.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, is:

1. A display device comprising in combinausl tion, a main display element, a prop lfor said main display element, and a circumfiexed secondary display element embracing a portion` of said prop and having interlocking engagement therewith to maintain the secondary display in circumfiexed form.

2. A display device comprising in combination, a main display element, a supporting prop for said main display element, a secondary display element, and a pluralityvof locking tongues carried by said secondary display element and having interlocking engagement with said supporting prop to maintain the secondary display element in display position.

3. A display device comprising in combination, a main display element, a supporting prop for said main display element, a secondary display element circumfiexed to produce tension when it is in its display position and means having interlocking engagement with the supporting prop and maintained in said interlocking engagement by tension produced by circumfiexion of the secondary display element to maintain said secondary display element in display position.

4. A display device comprising in combination, a main display element, a supporting prop for said main display element, a secondary display element, said secondary display element being slotted to receive a portion of said supporting prop, looking tongues projecting from said secondary displayl element and each engageable in a slot in the supporting prop to retain the secondary display element in display position.

5. A display device comprising in combination, a main display element, a supporting prop for said main display element, a secondary display element embracing said prop, said secondary display element being circumfiexed and thereby placed under tension When in its display position and tongues projecting from said secondary display element for interlocking engagement with the prop of the main display element to retain the secondary display element under tension and in display position.

6. A display device comprising in combination,

a main display element, a supporting prop therefor, a secondary display element hingedly connected to the main display element, and' means for attaching the secondary display element to said supporting prop to maintain the secondary display element in display position, said last mentioned means comprising hooked tongues projecting from the secondary display element and receivable in a slot in the supporting prop.

7. A display device comprising in combination, a main display element, a secondary display element, a supporting prop for said main display element, said secondary display element being circumfiexed under tension about said supporting prop, and detachably connected thereto to maintain said secondary display element in circumfiexed display position.

8. A display device comprising in combination, a main display element, a secondary display element, a two wing supporting prop, means carried by the secondary display element for maintaining the upper ends of the wings of the two wing prop in spaced relation when the device is set up in display position, and means tending normally to spread apart the wings of the two wing prop against the action of said spacing means thereby to maintain the prop in operative supporting position.

9. A'display device comprising in combination, a main display element, a secondary display element, a two wing supporting prop, and looking tongues projecting from the secondaryV display element and engageable in slots in the wings of the supporting prop to maintain the secondary display element in display position.

10. A display device comprising in combination, a main display element, a two Wing supporting prop therefor, the Wings of said prop being hlnged to lie fiat against the rear of the main display element or extend therefrom at an angle thereto and in spaced relation to each other, a secondary display element adapted to straddle said supporting prop, said secondary display element being circumfiexed and placed under tension when in display position, and means carried by said secondary display element and having detachable engagement with the wings of the supporting prop to maintain the supporting prop and secondary display element in operative display position under the tension of the circumfiexed secondary display element.

11. A display device comprising in combination, a main display element, a two Wing supporting prop therefor, the wings of said prop being hinged to lie fiat against the rear of the main display element or extend therefrom at an angle thereto and in spaced relation to each other, a secondary display element adapted to straddle said supporting prop, said secondary display element being circumfiexed and placed under tension when in display position, and means carried by said secondary display element and having detachable engagement with the wings of the supporting prop to maintain the supporting prop and secondary display element in operative display position under the tension of the circumfiexed secondary display element, said last mentioned means comprising tongues extending from the secondary display element and having interlooking engagement with slots in the wings of the supporting prop.

12. A display device comprising in combination, a main display element, a supporting prop for said main display element, a secondary display device hingedly connected to the prop, said secondary display element being adapted to be circumfiexed to produce tension therein when in display position, and means for attaching said secondary display device to said prop to maintain the secondary display element in circumfiexed display position.

13. A display device comprising in combination, a main display element, a supporting prop for said main display element, a secondary display device hingedly connected to the prop, said secondary display element being adapted to be circumfiexed `to produce tension therein when in display position, and means for attaching said secondary display device to said prop to maintain the secondary display element in circumfiexed display position, with the tension of said secondary display device serving to maintain the supporting prop in operative supporting position.

RICHARD EATON PAIGE. 

